TOKYO - The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special typhoon warning on Saturday for Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's main islands, as the region braces for a powerful and potentially destructive super typhoon.
Thousands of people were in shelters in southwestern Japan on Sunday as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the region, prompting authorities to urge nearly three million residents to evacuate.
Residents of Japan's Kyushu were evacuated as typhoon Nanmadol, which has been classified as a super typhoon, is expected to cause "unprecedented" storms and rainfall.